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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching to a Mac? by lacker on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @07:08PM (#392073)
I don't like macs because they are gramma-friendly, I like them because I can run a real bash rather than cygwin. You want to know how a computer works under the hood, you should prefer OS X to windows.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching to a Mac? by silentbicycle on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @09:14PM (#392290)
It's rather unfortunate that you need to pay for Mac hardware just to run bash, don't you think?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching to a Mac? by lacker on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @01:48PM (#393290)
In my case my employer pays for it ;-) Otherwise I'd be running Ubuntu!
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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching to a Mac? by drwh0 on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @11:25PM (#392464)
You want to know how a computer works under the hood, you should prefer OS X

no, i should prefer linux or freebsd, which i do, ON (SANITIZED AND LIBERATED) APPLE HARDWARE.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth switching to a Mac? by lacker on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @01:49PM (#393292)
Hey, you are quoting just part of my sentence! I said prefer OS X to Windows. I agree with you.
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